Mombasa county assembly has today tabled the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Constitutional Amendment Bill and committed it to the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee.

The bill was tabled by the assembly majority whip Juniour Wambua and seconded by Old Town MCA Murfad Amur during a session chaired by the assembly speaker Aharub Khatri.

Aharub said the committee will ensure the document is subjected to public participation to collect views from members of the public as required by law.

He said the legal committee will take the public participation to all 30 wards to collect views within the county.

“To collect views from members of public during the session will be a collective responsibility of elected ward representatives during the crucial session,” he pointed out.

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Aharub urged residents to attend public participation forums scheduled for next week and air their views before the draft bill is returned to the assembly.

This was the first house business as it resumed its sitting after two months-long recess.

Siaya was the first county to pass the BBI bill on Wednesday, last week.

At least 24 assemblies of the 47 are required to pass the bill before it goes to the National Assembly

The bill was submitted to the 47 county assemblies by the IEBC.